Dawn-Thought on the Reconciliation. A Volume of Pantheistic Impressions and Glimpses of Larger Religion. Second Edition, Revised, With Appendix [Warmly inscribed, with typescript poem and 2-pp ALS]
- SIGNED
- Westfield, NJ: The Lloyd Group, [1904]
Westfield, NJ: The Lloyd Group, [1904]. Second edition. Inscribed on front endpaper to: "Mildred Denton, a birthday present from her friend," signed, dated June 4, 1939. Small, square octavo (17cm). Green cloth, titled in black on spine and front cover; xii,197,[5]pp. Trace of rubbing to covers, still tight, clean and unmarked. Laid in are two items: a 1-pp typescript poem, "An Eighty-Second Birthday," dated June 4th, 1939 and initialed in ink by Lloyd; and a substantial (ca. 300 words) 2-pp ALS, addressed to Denton and signed at close, "ye olde hermit on the hill."
A great copy of one of the most uncommon titles by J. William Lloyd (1857-1940), an eccentric anarchist (individualist early in his life; mutualist later on), free-love advocate, and religious skeptic who was a frequent contributor to Benj. Tucker's Liberty and also editor and publisher of his own anarchist periodiocal The Free Comrade (1900-02; 1910-12). In later years, Lloyd devoted himself to the study of sex and health, advocating a method of orgasmless intercourse he called the "Karezza Method," described in his anonymously-published 1931 treatise of the same name. Dawn-Thought, an early work articulating Lloyd's views on the origin of religion, was first published in 1900; all editions are uncommon, especially in nice condition.
Lloyd has gifted this copy on his own eighty-second birthday, a little more than a year before his death in October, 1940. The recipient Mildred Denton is unknown to us, but we have handled a number of other Lloyd titles inscribed to her. In his letter, Lloyd writes, "...I once said that it seemed to me it would be a nice change if those who had birthdays gave presents to their friends, instead of the friends giving to them. So now I am trying the trick out on you. For it shocked me to hear you had no copy of Dawn Thought for your very own...so please accept this copy, which it gives me real happiness to send you, and please don't make any fuss about it, there's a good girl...
A great copy of one of the most uncommon titles by J. William Lloyd (1857-1940), an eccentric anarchist (individualist early in his life; mutualist later on), free-love advocate, and religious skeptic who was a frequent contributor to Benj. Tucker's Liberty and also editor and publisher of his own anarchist periodiocal The Free Comrade (1900-02; 1910-12). In later years, Lloyd devoted himself to the study of sex and health, advocating a method of orgasmless intercourse he called the "Karezza Method," described in his anonymously-published 1931 treatise of the same name. Dawn-Thought, an early work articulating Lloyd's views on the origin of religion, was first published in 1900; all editions are uncommon, especially in nice condition.
Lloyd has gifted this copy on his own eighty-second birthday, a little more than a year before his death in October, 1940. The recipient Mildred Denton is unknown to us, but we have handled a number of other Lloyd titles inscribed to her. In his letter, Lloyd writes, "...I once said that it seemed to me it would be a nice change if those who had birthdays gave presents to their friends, instead of the friends giving to them. So now I am trying the trick out on you. For it shocked me to hear you had no copy of Dawn Thought for your very own...so please accept this copy, which it gives me real happiness to send you, and please don't make any fuss about it, there's a good girl...